Now also for the Typelevel GSoC projects!

Crazy that in 2025 half the internet gets toasted by a null pointer error How's that "illegal states unrepresentable" thing going?

Some people refer to Jonas as a '𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱'... In this Rock the JVM episode, Jonas Bonér discusses the future of open-source sustainability and how the actor model powers #agenticAI systems. bit.ly/44s2lv2 #AI #DistributedSystems #Developer

Good Scala developers tend to be amazing engineers overall. This explains (at least in part) why good Scala developers may seem hard to find - there's a lot of competition for them from other ecosystems too.

Started recording a new Scala projects course: The goal is for Scala newcomers to gain confidence in their new skills, on real-life projects for all levels. We have - image processors - personal websites - full-stack Scala web applications - AI agents and a few more. Out soon!

Question for senior developers: What helped you get "good taste" in how you think and approach your code, aside from time spent? Books? Training? Mentors? A team/project? ___? Asking because I've been thinking for a while on how to accelerate this "good taste acquisition"

Every segfault and null pointer error is a moral failure on all modern programming.

I've been writing as "Rock the JVM" although I'm just one guy. I'm also working on other things that I'd like to share more about. Do you follow this account as

How do you use AI for learning programming topics?

Good programming is just clear structured thinking. The perfect programming language is just a thinking tool that gives you all the freedom while protecting you from your worst self.

I think we got some terms wrong: Computer science is a mathematics, because it explores by proving things. Software engineering is a science, because it explores by invalidating things. Software development is an engineering, because it builds real, useful things.

New long-form conversation! Robert Martin aka "Uncle Bob" (Uncle Bob Martin) on AI, good programming principles, Clojure, type systems, discipline, productivity and more: youtu.be/FWQ5ICLEOu8

What programming language or library made you smarter as an engineer overall?

Seems like functional programming makes you a better engineer overall, who would have thought

A reminder that AI is not a higher abstraction, and plain English is not a programming language.

New long-form conversation: John De Goes (John A De Goes) on good API design, timeless skills for software engineers in the age of AI, improving communication skills as programmers, and making programming entertaining: youtu.be/q90QZ05wddU

Don't miss my new long-form podcast with Rock the JVM, where we dive into topics like: - The new show I'm creating (The Ultimate Coder) - The death of conferences - Becoming a better speaker - Staying relevant in an age of AI Check it out now!👇 youtube.com/watch?v=q90QZ0…

I have a auto-spam email filter for all messages that start with "Hi Rock" Because obviously my last name is "the JVM"

"time well spent instead of watching another movie" is the best feedback ever